Jordan Yaruss

Here’s the second session in my “Your Favorite Thing” series. This time it’s Emily, trail runner extraordinaire and all-around awesome person.

“Curious by nature, I relish new trails yet believe a path is different with each passing. The journey is the destination. Art is life. Life is art.” – Emily

I’m building my photo portfolio of people doing their favorite thing — the thing that makes them feel most joyful, most alive, most like the self they want to be. It can be anything: kayaking, walking the dog, doing yoga, mud-wrestling, dressing up like a bass and terrorizing fishermen in the East River…no judgments from [...]

Taken from my father’s balcony on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

When I’m feeling musically uninspired, but still want to be creative, I really enjoy going out with my digital camera for a few hours. Maybe because photography is a “hobby” and music is a “career,” taking pictures sometimes feels more like playing. That said, photography is a hobby I take seriously. I’m [...]

Okay. I’ve spent all day trying out different photo galleries that I don’t seem to be quite able to get working, so I’m sticking with Lazy Gallery for now, despite the fact that neither I nor you can post comments on the photos. I’m not giving up permanently, just long enough to spend [...]

The site’s starting to look like something. Gratifying after many hours of work, sorting through TONS of WordPress help out there and TONS of available plug-ins. Happy to have a photo gallery up, as that’s something I’ve wanted to add to my site for some time now. I’m using Lazy Gallery [...]